VOL. UV. XO. l(j,G22.
PORTLAND, OREGON,' THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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LOSES COUNSELLOR
John Bassett Moore Re
signs After Friction.
BRYAN'S FEELINGS ARE HURT
Assistant's Sitting in Cabinet
Is Wound to Pride.
MEXICO IS ADDED CAUSE
Expert on International Law Does
Not Agree With Associates iu
Administration on Situa
tion Across Border.
WASHINGTON, March 4. (Special.)
John Bassett Moore, counsellor for
the Department of State and one of the
world's foremost authorities on inter
national law, has retired from his posi
tion under the "Wilson Administration.
Correspondence between Mr. Moore
find the President made public tonight
Fliows that ho submitted his resigna
tion February 2 to become effective on
the first anniversary of the Wilson in
auguratlon. The international law ex
pert of the Administration retires to
devote himself to duties with the Car
negie endowment for international
peace, in accordance with a contract
entered into two .years ago.
Ho will resume his professorship of
International law and diplomacy at
Columbia University next Fall, accord
ing to announcement made at the State
Department.
Differences Cause Resignation.
Fundamental differences of view be
tween Mr. Moore and the highest offi
cials of the Administration, especially
in regard to Mexican and Latin-American
policies, are understood to have
been the real incentive to resignation,
after some ten months of service un
der the Democratic regime.
Brought here as the man who was to
act as confidential guide and the ex
pert who would steer the Admlnistra
tion over the rough places and be the
adviser in connection with knotty for
eign problems, Mr. Moore has not been
consultedjn matters aside from those
involving the technical precedents of
an international character. His judg
ment has not been asked regarding
broad questions of policy.
It is known that he has not been In
accord with the policy adopted toward
Mexico and he is not in sympathy with
the general Latin-American programme
and other features of foreign policy.
Moore Action 3Vo Surprise.
1 ne resignation is no surprise to
those who have been following closely
the course of events Jn the State De
partment. Regardless of what appears
In his letter to the President and in
the President's statement, it is believed
that Mr. Moore would have shaped his
private affairs so as to stay with the
Administration had it been more to his
liking. To modify this statement, it
may be said that he probably would
have stuck to his official post had he
felt that his training and ability were
sufficiently appreciated; in other words,
had he been consulted about affairs as
to which his wisdom and experience
originally suggested advice. As it is.
he not only has failed to have his views
accepted, but he has been practically
ignored.
Mr. Moore's resignation, under exist
ing conditions, is bound to arouse a
spirited discussion of the "Wilson Ad
ministration's whole foreign policy a
policy that is held to be its vitally
weak spot to date.
In practical ways our diplomacy dur
ing the' last year has been subjected to
severe criticism from sincere experts
at home and to what must be con
fessed to be the ridicule of foreign
chancellories.
State Department Loser.
Although his presence in the State
Department was not availed of as it
might have been, for reasons best
known to President Wilson and Secre
tary Bryan, the retirement of Mr.
Moore leaves the Administration with
out any experienced official adviser in
international affairs. When appointed
it was understood that Mr. Moore
would be the expert who would be sec
ond in command in the State Depart
ment, supplanting the first assistant
secretary in that respect, John E. Os
borne. The assistant secretary, Alvey
A. Adee. a fixture through many Ad
ministrations, is an authority on red
tnpe. but he is advanced In years, and
is not reckoned with in the settlement
of great policies. Until today, the third
assistant secretaryship has been va
cant for some months.
Had Mr. Moore, versed as he is In
international affairs, been consulted
and his judgment followed even to a
minor degree, many things might have
been done differently from what has
been the case. Technically Mr. Moore
was acting Secretary of State in the
absence of Secretary Bryan and soon
after his appointment Mr. Moore sat in
a Cabinet meeting. This is said to
have been resented by Mr. Bryan and
his activity as an adviser In Cabinet
meetings was Aot repeated.
The Mexican policy has been one
with which Mr. Moore especially dis
agreed. As a practical international
law expert, the compiler of the digest
which is the international authority so
far as the relations of the United States
STATE DEPARTMEN
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THIEVES EAT ALL
FOOD IN SCHOOL
SALEM DOMESTIC SCIENCE
CLASSROOM LOOTED.
Girl Members Will Turn Sleuths.
Vandals Who Destroyed 500
Books Suspected.
SALEM, Or., March 4. (Special.)
Pastry of all kinds, bread, canned fruit,
and in fact everything edible in the do
mestic science department of the high
school made a feast last night for
marauders thought to be students of
the school, who entered the building
by opening a window.
Their depredations being similar to
those at the school one night last week
when the books of 500 students were
piled in the middle of the assembly
room floor and ink poured over them,
gives rise to the suspicion that the
same lads were participants In both.
The "theft of last night was discov
ered when the girls of the domestic
science class went into the classroom
today. Everything was in a topsy-turvy
condition, cabinets were wide open
with their contents missing and bread
crumbs were scattered over the floor.
Every girl in the class declared that
she would do everything in her power
to find the guilty parties.
Superintendent of Schools Kuntz and
the high school teachers are trying to
find the miscreants but so far have met
with little success.
WHO IS MR. R0CKFELL0W?
Candidate's Petition for Governor
Filed by- Man Unknown.
SALEM, Or., March 4. (Special.)
Considerable excitement prevailed In
Secretary Olcott's office today when
Sam Kozer, assistant secretary, an
nounced that John Kockfellow had
filed his declaration as a candidate for
the Republican nomination N for Gov
ernor.
It was thougnt at first that Mr. Ko
zer was guilty oT a little levity, but
when he produced a petition properly
made out it was evident that such was
not the case. In fuct he was as much
puzzled as the others in the office, an
nouncing that the petition had been
received through the mail along with
several others. -
There is no Gold Bond building in
Portland nor any John Kockfellow.
SALEM BANK HEAD WEDS
J. L. Ahlers Murries Mrs. Elizabeth
D. Bulrd, of Augusta, Ga.
SALEM, . Or., March 4. (Special.)
A romance which started in Portland
more than a year ago had its culmina
tion in that city today, when J. L.
Ahlers, president of the Salem Bank &
Trust Company, and Mrs. Elizabeth D.
Baird, of Augusta, Ga., were married,
Rev. W. G. Eliot, of the Unitarian
Church, officiating.
Mrs. Baird was visiting in Portland
when she and Mr. Ahlers became ac
quainted and later she was a guest of
his relatives in this city. The couple
came to Salem immediately after the
wedding.
WILSON HIRES RICH FRIEND
William Phillips Will Be One of
Secretary Bryan's Assistants.
WASHINGTON, March 4. William
Phillips, of Boston, was nominated to
day by President Wilson to be Third
Assistant Secretary of State.
Phillips is said to be wealthy, and a
story told about him in the Capitol is
that when he was employed in the
State Department he turned over his
salary to co-workers. He was an inti
mate friend of President Roosevelt and
in the last few months had been doing
confidential work for President Wil
son conected with diplomatic affairs.
SPRING FROSJNIPS MARS
Lowell Observatory Reports Late
Season on Neighbor Planet.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., March 5. A late
Spring frost occurred last night on
Mars in the region north of the Pro
pontis, and was visible at 2 o'clock
of the Martian afternoon according to
announcement today from the Lowell
observatory.
The frost Is parted from the North
Pole by a blue border, which, accord-
ng to the astronomers, is undoubtedly
water that marks the melting cap.
NEW YORK'S LID RELAXED
Major Mitcliel Not to Enforce 1
o'clock Closing Stringently.
NEW YORK, March .4. Devotees of
the midnight tango left without a place
to dance when the police closed sever
al Broadway establishments last night,
were rescued by Mayor Mitchel today.
"I have no intention of carrying out
the stringent measures taken by the
late administration in regard to closing
at 1 o'clock," said the Mayor, as he in
timated that the raids were the result
of a misunderstanding of orders.
FILM TO BE SEtfN IN COURT
Disputed Pictures Offered as Evl-
dence in Managers' Trial.
NEW YORK, March 4. Arrange
ments have been made to produce a
moving picture film on the white slave
traffic In the Court of General Ses
sions during the trial this week of
Samuel H. London and Henry Bohm.
who were indicted on a charge of giv
ing an immoral exhibition.
It will be the first time that moving
pictures have ever been produced in a
courtroom as part of the evidence iu
criminal case.
LINE IS
ET
Thousands Cheer As
Wand Sets Sail.
NEW TRADE EPOCH MARKED
Portland Merchants Invade
Rich Northern Territory.
HEAVY BOOKlmL JTED
Major and Others Heard in Optimis
tic Addresses, While Agents Urge
Shippers to See That Ample
Cargoes Are - Ready.
There may have been a greater
throng gathered at New York to wit
ness the arrival of the Hamburg
American leviathan Imperator on her
maiden voyage,- but there could not
have been more enthusiasm or display
of moral support than was shown yes
terday at Oak-street dock, where the
steamer Thomas L. "Wand lay after
loading her initial cargo for Southeast
ern Alaska.
It has been many moons since the
wharf held as .many persons as were
gathered yesterday and from the time
the steamer reached a berth there in
the morning until she backed into the
stream at 8 o'clock last night and
swung around to pass through the
Burnside-street bridge, thousands had
inspected her.
Wand Known In Portland.
It was Alaska day In reality. Con-
ldering that the steamer was not one
or tnose selected lor passengers and
only her cargo and officers were on
exhibition, the occasion was one of th
biggest drawing cards residents of th:s
city nave witnessed'. The Wand is
far from being a stranger in these
waters, as she has many Portland voy
ages to her credit, but probably not 2
per cent of yesterday's crowd ever
gave her a passing glance until aha at
tained prominence as Portland's -ship
of hope, a vessel that has the distinc
tion of leading the first permanent
steamship line to the North that has
been established here.
Captain F. L. Herriman, her master.
and Captain A. C. Jansen, her pilot.
both men of long experience and the 1
latter a veteran of the Northern trade,
were two of the most popular men on
the waterfront during the day and.
with preparations for departure, meet
ing old friends and making new ones,
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 62
degrees; minimum, 44 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; variable wind, mostly
normeriy.
Foreign.
Militants bitterly attack British labor par
ty. Fage 1.
National.
Tribute paid to Mrs. Duniway la course of
suffrage argument in Senate. Fase
Foes of canal exemption repeal organizing
to oppose President. Page 2.
State Department loses John Bassett Moore,
International law expert, as result of
friction with Administration. Page 1
Sudden rise of industrialism declared to
threaten crisis. Page o.
Secretary Bryan plans trip to South America,
Page L
Supporters of Diaz amazed with plea for aid
to start new revolution. Page 1.
Copper mineowners deny strikebreakers were
deceived. Page 2,
Sport.
Loss of Berry does not cripple Beavers.
Page 8.
McCredie gives up hope of langing "Babe"
Keama. Page 9.
Organized baseball ready for finish fight
with Federals, page $.
Pacific KorthweftC
Mailcarrlers out of Davenport, "Wash., lose
wUh increase of parcel post. rage o.
State Bank Supperlntendent Sargent notifies
state banks how to come witnin eaerai
reserve system, page ts.
Yuka, Cal., municipal Kip awake once more,
says David Swing Kicker. Page T.
Spokane may aid Portland in fight for open
Columbia River. Page i.
Thieves feast on food In Salem High School.
Paga 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Coffee prices not expected to go lower.
Page 19.
Weaker cables and fine crop outlook hold
Chicago wheat in check, page iu.
Steel stocks strong feature of Wall street
market. Page 19.
Public dock .No. 1 to be in use April 1.
Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Permanent steamship line to Alaska opened
by departure of wana. rage J
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 19.
Oregon Daughters of American Revolution
in state conference. Page o. .
Mayor and Commissioners see first Ford car
built In Portland in 40 minutes. Page 16.
Franchise granted for Fast Side cross-town
line. Page 3. ,
Chamber to Investigated easlblllty of uniting
city and county government. Page 20.
Suicide follows murder on street. Page 8.
CITY OFFICIALS CRITICISED
Olympia Indebtedness Declared Far
Above Legal Limit.
QLYMPIA. Wash., March 4. (Spe
cial.) Olympia city officials are criti
cised harshly by the State Bureau of
Inspection, in a report just filed with
the Attorney-General, for failing to
make proper provision for the retire
ment of indebtedness that greatly ex
ceeds the constitutional debt limits.
The assets of the city at the first of
the year, the report shows, were $160,
925.59, while liabilities were $282,
S90.75. The net liabilities show a. re
duction of $14,000 from a year ago, but
are exill far over the limit.
A considerable portion of the In
debtedness consists of warrants so old
that the accrued interest represents
152 per cent of the face value of the
warrants, the report alleges. Contrary
to law, the bureau says, the city au
thorities have been diverting licenses
and fines, which should go into the
indebtedness fund, and have made the
lowest city levy in seven years in the
face of the illegal debt.
The bureau also points out that on
account of the financial condition of
the city it is obtaining no interest on
its bank deposits.
VHAT USE IS A PILOT, ANYWAY?
DIAZ SUPPORTERS
ASK OFFICIAL AID
Senate Committee Is
Amazed by Request.
NEW REVOLUTION PROPOSED
Suggestion Openly Made and
Sharply Rejected.
SPIRITED DEBATE COMING
Congress to Take Notice of Mexican
Situation Within Few Days and
Change of Policy Is to
Be Urged.
WASHINGTON, March 4. Although
Great Britain's reluctance to press the
Benton case et this time has made the
Mexican situation less acute, there are
several aspects of It which, it Is now
practically certain, will occasion spir
ited debate in the Senate in a few days.
It became known tonight that facts
and data concerning the number of
foreigners killed in Mexico since armed
revolution began there are being gath
ered by the State Department for Sena
tor Shively, ranking member of the for
eign relations committee, who is ex
pected to present official records about
conditions in the southern republic. It
was reported that Senator Fall, of New
Mexico, would open the debate with a
speech pointing to conditions in Mex
ico and urging a change of policy.
Dla Forces Ask Support.
Incidentally, the New Mexico Senator
today presented to the foreign rela
tions committee Pedro del Villar and
Cecilio Ocon, representing the political
interests of Felix Diaz.
Members of the committee were
frankly amazed when the Mexicans
sought the moral support of the United
States Government to bring about peace
n Mexico by another revolution headed
by Diaz. The committee had no Idea,
it is said, of the exact purpose of their
visit other than they -wished to present
information about the situation in Mex
ico. Members of the committee flatly
said that the United States could not
recognize any such movement.
Both Sides AccuHed.
Vilar and Ocon severely arraigned
Huerta as corrupt and Carranza and
Villa as bandits and argued that Felix
Diaz had a host of loyal Mexican citi
zens behind hiin who would rush to his
support to establish a real government
in Mexico. They wanted to get a prom-
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BRYAN PLANS VISIT
TO SOUTH AMERICA
SECRETARY TO ATTEND CON
FERENCE IX CHILE.
President Wilson Approves Plan for
Trip, Precedent for 'Which Was
Set by Root and Knox.
WASHINGTON, March 4. Secretary
Bryan today informed the Government
board of the Pan-American Union, com
posed of the representatives here of all
the American republics, that he had ac
cepted the invitation of Chile and would
visit Santiago, Chile, next September at
the time of the meeting there of the
fifth Pan-American conference. Senor
Suarez, Minister from Chile, extended
the invitation to Secretary Bryan.
President Wilson has approved the
plan and the Secretary plans to leave
about the middle of August He ex
pects to proceed down the west coast
of South America, stopping at Peru, and
to return by the east coast, making
visits in Argentina, Uruguay and Bra
zil. Mr. Bryan's predecessors. Secretaries
Root and Knox, paid friendly visits to
several South and Central American
countries when they were in office.
Secretary Root made an extended trip
around South America, In the course of
which he delivered many- important
speeches which diplomats said did much
to increase the growing friendship be
tween the United States and the other
American republics.
Secretary Bryan will be the first oc
cupant of the office who has gone out
of the country t attend one of the
Pan-American conferences.
THEFT LAID TO POLICEMAN
Eugene Officer Held on Charge of
Stealing Brandy.
EUGENE, Or., March 4. (Special.)
F. E. McCune, a member of the night
force of the Eugene police, was ar
rested today on a charge of stealing a
quantity of prune brandy stored In the
City Hall since a raid three weeks ago
on a distillery near here.
Quantities of the brandy found about
the city led the officers to watch care
fully the barrels they had confiscated.
and a sample was submitted to Charles
Knoop, who had made the liquor. He
recognized it as his distilling, and that
night the ofllcers drove the bung of
the barrel In tight. The next morning
it was loose, so a watch was set and
McCune was caught, it is charged. In
the act of drawing off a quantity of the
liquor. He was turned over to the
Sheriff's office.
TAFT ADVOCATES REFORM
Ex-President Would Extend Civil
Service, Except to Few Places.
AMHERST, Mass., March 4. "Civil
service reform should be extended to
include all appointive offices in the
National Government except those in
the Cabinet. the Judiciary and the
higher position on which the political
character of the Administration de
pends." ex-President Taft said tonight
in an address to students of Amherst
College. Congress, he added, should
not be required to confirm appoint
ments. Mr. Taft said that the old idea that
the President should not leave the
country was a wrong one and that he
purposed, if he had been re-elected, to
visit the Philippines and the Hawaiian
Islands.
BEAUTY IN TALK ADVISED
Women Embryo Stump 'Speakers Re
ceive Lessons In Oratory.
CHICAGO, March 4. "A political
speech should be as beautiful as a
painting; its sequence of Ideas should
resemble the natural passage of chords
in music," said Miss M. Katherine Ly
ons today to a class of members of the
Woman's party of Cook County.
The teacher was an instructor in
oratory and her pupils were prospec
tive stump speakers, seeking liglrt on
how best to capture elusive voters in
the coming Spring election.
WOLVES SURROUND ROME
Hungry Animals, Driven From Hills
by Snow, Ravish Italian Flocks.
ROME, March 4. Hordes of starving
wolves, driven from the Apennine
Mountains by the heavy snows, de
scended today Into the valleys of the
Abruzzl provinces and in the vicinity
of Rome and devoured hundreds of
sheep.
The wolves afterward took refuge in
the caverns ot Mount Soracte, about 25
miles north of Rome.
MEXICO CONCERNS POPE
Pontiff Expresses Horror at Killing
of Briton at Juarez.
ROME, March 4. Pope Pius today re
ceived in audience Monsignor Tomassi
Boggiani, apostolic delegate to Mexico.
His Holiness discussed the situation
in Mexico and evinced horror at the
killing of W. S. Benton in Juarez.
He also inquired about the delay in
permitting the United States Govern
ment to investigate Benton's death.
SALARY ADVANCE REFUSED
Governor Walsh Says Election Is
Contract With People.
BOSTON, March 4. Governor Walsh
sent to the Legislature a special mes
sage today saying that he would re
fuse to accept an Increase in his salary
from $8000 to $12,000 a year.
While conceding that the present sal
ary Is Inadequate, the Governor said the
verdict of the election constituted a
binding contract with the people at a
fixed sum.
MILITANTS FIGHT
AT LABOR MEETING
Women Ushers Fail in
Role of 'Bouncers'.
HAIR IS PULLED IN STRUGGLE
Party That Espoused Cause of
Sex Bitterly Opposed.
OLD HOSTILITY RENEWED
Police Require Hour to Restore Or
der, and Chairman, Resuming His
Speech, Says Suffragettes Arc
Women's Real Enemies.
LONDON, March 4. Militant suf
fragettes today gave further proof that
their bitterest animosity is reserved
for the Labor party, the only political
party which has espoused their cause.
As soon as J. Ramsay MacDonald,
chairman of the Labor party, began
speaking at a Labor party rally In Me
morial Hall, suffragettes in all parts
of the chamber, aided by male sup
porters, started to howl him down.
Women ushers had been engaged to
deal with women interrupters of the
meeting and men to attend to mascu
line disturbers, but as "bouncers" for
their own sex the women proved
failures and the men had to take over
their duties. For nearly an hour a
fierce struggle raged In the hall.
Women Pull Hair and Scratch.
There were frequent free fights be
tween men, while women grabbed one
another by the hair, scratched faces and
tore clothing. Windows were smashed
and chairs broken.
Eventually the police restored order
and Mr. MacDonald got a chance to
finish his speech. In concluding, he
said that if the vote could be gained
for women by turning out the govern
ment, the Labor party would assist
them. The worst enemies to the wo
men's cause, he declared, were the
militant suffragettes, of whose methods
the people just had a striking illustra
tion. HoxHIIty In Xot New.
The hostility of the militant suf
fragettes toward members of the Labor
party is of long standing. In addition
to J. Ramsey MacDonald, such well-
known Labor members of Parliament
as J. Kier Hardie. Will Crooks and
Phillip Snow an are among the num
erous professed staunch advocates of
woman suffrage who have been
heckeled at various times.
The militants charge that the
Laborites, although openly espousing
their cause, are really traitors, inas
much as they do not force the govern
ment to give women the vote. The bar
ring of suffragettes from the Labor
party's convention in Manchester last
March added to the hostility of the
women towards the Laborites.
l.aliorKrs Locked In Hall.
While the convention was iu ses
sion, militant suffragettes bolted,
barred and chained the doors ot the
hall. Unaware that they were locked
in, the Laborites cheered speches of
delegates favoring giving women the
vote. The delegats found out only at
lunch time that they were prisoners
and workmen with files and chisels had
to be summoned to cut the bars and
chains and release them.
Mrs. Enimaline Paukhurst, the mili
tant leader, has reviled the Labor
party leaders frequently in speeches.
She said they had professed sympathy
with the cause of women and received
help "personal and pecuniary," but yet
they had never done anything to for
ward the movement to secure votes
for women.
Sylvia l'ankhurat Threatens.
Sylvia Pankhurst, in addressing a
meeting tonight outside the house in
which she is Intrenched against the po
lice, said. she intended to be present in
Trafalgar Square Sunday, not to preach
peace, but to advise the people to do as
much damage as possible.
Dr. Ethel Smyth, who was arrested
last Friday night after a meeting ad
dressed by Sylvia Pankhurst, tonight
drilled the members of the "people's
army," but on account of the good
natured attitude of the police the as
semblage was dispersed without dis
order. IMPORTED BIRDS RELEASED
Hungarian Partridges and Califor
nia Quail Freed In Clatsop.
ASTORIA, Or.. March 4. (Special.)
Twelve pairs of Hungarian partridges
and six pairs of California quail were
received today by Charles V. Brown
from the state game farm at Corvallls
and were released on Clatsop Plains,
near Glenwood station.
The partridges are part of a ' con
signment of 500 pairs that were re
cently imported from Hungary.
Exploiter of Bride Sentenced.
STOCKTON, Cal., March 4. Charte3
F. Walden was sentenced to ten years'
Imprisonment In San Quentln Peniten
tiary today, following his conviction by
a Jury on the charge of white slavery.
Walden placed his bride of three days
In a local tenderloin resort. Judge
Plummer said he would have imposed
a heavier, sentence but that the law
would not permit it.
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